Eddy [necklace]
beach plastic nurdles (collected by Dr Jennifer Lavers, Henderson Island), freshwater pearls, coral, citrine, silk, 18ct gold, 24ct gold
13 x 6 x 600mm
*This piece is one-off
Affectionately named Eddy, this incongruous collection of materials, both opulent and tragic, references the eddies and ocean currents that carried its parts to the remote, uninhabited shores of Henderson Island in the South Pacific. A salmon-like fillet of beach plastic hangs from seed-strung nurdles, coupled with pearls and coral to describe changing compositions of sand affected by anthropogenic debris. Eddy continues Boyle’s treatment of marine plastics as precious, derailing entrenched notions of the exotic, while giving voice to ecosystems affected by the ocean plastic pollution crisis.
beach plastic nurdles (collected by Dr Jennifer Lavers, Henderson Island), freshwater pearls, coral, citrine, silk, 18ct gold, 24ct gold
13 x 6 x 600mm
*This piece is one-off
Affectionately named Eddy, this incongruous collection of materials, both opulent and tragic, references the eddies and ocean currents that carried its parts to the remote, uninhabited shores of Henderson Island in the South Pacific. A salmon-like fillet of beach plastic hangs from seed-strung nurdles, coupled with pearls and coral to describe changing compositions of sand affected by anthropogenic debris. Eddy continues Boyle’s treatment of marine plastics as precious, derailing entrenched notions of the exotic, while giving voice to ecosystems affected by the ocean plastic pollution crisis.
beach plastic nurdles (collected by Dr Jennifer Lavers, Henderson Island), freshwater pearls, coral, citrine, silk, 18ct gold, 24ct gold
13 x 6 x 600mm
*This piece is one-off
Affectionately named Eddy, this incongruous collection of materials, both opulent and tragic, references the eddies and ocean currents that carried its parts to the remote, uninhabited shores of Henderson Island in the South Pacific. A salmon-like fillet of beach plastic hangs from seed-strung nurdles, coupled with pearls and coral to describe changing compositions of sand affected by anthropogenic debris. Eddy continues Boyle’s treatment of marine plastics as precious, derailing entrenched notions of the exotic, while giving voice to ecosystems affected by the ocean plastic pollution crisis.